Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage:
51. In the first paragraph, the writer tells us that
statuses can help us _________.
A) determine whether a person is fit for a certain job
B) behave appropriately in relation to other people
C) protect ourselves in unfamiliar situations
D) make friends with other people
注:status 身份地位
52. According to the writer, people often assume different statuses _________.
A) in order to identify themselves with others
B) in order to better identify others
C) as their mental processes change
D) as the situation changes
注:assume 承擔(dān),采取 assuming 在句首相當(dāng)于 if
53. The word "appraisal" (Line 5, Para. 2) most probably means "___________".
A) involvement
B) appreciation
C) assessment
D) presentation
注:詞匯題
54. In the last sentence of the second paragraph, the pronoun "it" refers to "_________".
A) fitting our actions to those of other people appropriately
B) identification of other people's statuses
C) selecting one's own statuses
D) constant mental process
55. By saying that "an American is not free to choose the costume of a Chinese peasant or that of a Hindu prince"(Lines 2-3, Para. 3), the writer means _________.
A) different people have different styles of clothes
B) ready-made clothes may need alterations
C) statuses come ready made just like clothes
D) our choice of statuses is limited
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage:
Statuses are marvelous human inventions that enable us to get along with one another and to determine where we "fit" in society. As we go about our everyday lives, we mentally attempt to place people in terms of their statuses. For example, we must judge whether the person in the library is a reader or a librarian, whether the telephone caller is a friend or a salesman, whether the unfamiliar person on our property is a thief or a meter reader, and so on.
注:1.首句主題句
2.fit 加了引號(hào),意義有所改變
3.property 財(cái)產(chǎn),尤指房產(chǎn)
The statuses we assume often vary with the people we encounter, and change throughout life. Most of us can, at very high speed, assume the statuses that various situations require. Much of social interaction consists of identifying and selecting among appropriate statuses and allowing other people to assume their statuses in relation to us. This means that we fit our actions to those of other people based on a constant mental process of appraisal and interpretation. Although some of us find the task more difficult than others, most of us perform it rather effortlessly.
注:1.I am nobody 我是無名之輩;somebody 大人物;I am small / big potato 我是小/大人物;
2.this means 解釋上一句,所以這句與上一句難句意思應(yīng)該接近
3.mental process 思維過程
4.effortlessly 毫不費(fèi)力的